thank you for your criticism, i understand that i have to explain some of my arguments.
about the number of countries that support the us, i have two main arguments:
a) according to bush, he has 40 countries behind the us. my question is what about the other 150? and why do these countries support the us?
imagine yourself in the position of the prime minister of for example bulgaria. If you oppose the war, your connections with the us will deep freeze and the economic consequences will be disastrous. Do you really have a choice? a big country like germany or france can do that but not the small ones.
And many of those few that say that they are neutral, are (that's my opinion) afraid to state their opinion too loudly. but of course i have no proof here...
b) the fact that an occupation war is not approved by the un is that it is illegal according to international law and does not have the world bhind it. and 1441 does NOT approve an occupation war. if you know the un and its jargon you know that the "code" for military action is "by all means possible" which is not included in the resolution 1441.
about the people i can't say of course but i think that the repeating demonstrations show us very clearly what many of us think. I don't say that this is an evidence, it's not. but if you know how hard it is to get people out to demonstrate, you surely understand that there must be a lot of frustration and anger against the war if hundreds of thousands display their opinion in demonstrations world wide
about the arrogance:
i think that it is arrogant to give a **** about what the majority of the world population thinks and start a war anyway. it's as simple as that.
about france germany and russia:
you can't say that there are any countries that have suffered more during war than these countries
you say: "...you have to prove [...] 2) WHY the opinion of the majority should matter more than the voice of the minority..."
what? ok i can make it simple for you. it's called democracy D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y if we don't care about the opinion of the majority, we live in a dictatorship. Good idea to fight dictatorships by applying the principles of dictatorship.
about the assassination attempt of saddam:
remember the first strike of this war? the pentagon had got information about where saddam could be and they attacked that building. well if that isn't attempted murder, then what is?
about weapons of mass destruction:
mr blix did not find any weapons.
ok i have to admit, there are some parts in my earlier postings i can't prove. they are just my opinion (i hope that i am allowed to express it)
last i want to remind you of a war that is going on right now. i think it's sad that we have to discuss here while there are people dying. i just heard on the radio that the us has started bombing again. who will die this time? who will lose his/her best friend? who will be crippled from today on?
